Oh, I know. Side effects running the whole gamut of circulatory disorders like in the case of Piracetam, to organ damege of the liver, kidneys or whatever and coming full circle with drug-induced neuro-degenerative disorders. But hey, at least we get this way more data points than from the flimsy animal testing those meds went through!

Athena and I grumbled over this on twitter last night, and she pointed out that the recommended substances that WEREN'T actually dangerous often have already been demonstrated to lack the enhancement effects Dvorsky attributes to them (creatine, omega-3). io9 commentors making these points themselves were of course airily dismissed by Dvorsky. Then, AFTER the obvious objections had already been raised, the stealth Robot Cult outfit IEET endorsed the piece with a re-publication on their site. Classic! Speaking of data-points, chalk up another one for the Robot Cult as pseudo-scientific scam.